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Lawns, sidewalks could be damaged by rock salt chemicals
Keeping roads and sidewalks as safe as possible with icy conditions remains the top priority on days like Thursday. Different types of salt chemicals are used on main roads to help drivers and pedestr...
Feb 10, 2022 Rock salt chemicals used to limit icy sidewalks. (Dallas Dahlseide/650 CKOM)
NDP: Moe's comments on trucker convoy are 'egging on disruption and uncertainty'
Saskatchewan's NDP is taking aim at Premier Scott Moe and comments he made recently during a national broadcast. During that interview, Moe was asked how he felt about convoys in both Ottawa and Alber...
Feb 10, 2022 NDP Jobs Critic Aleana Young. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan's weekly COVID report shows 5,401 new cases, 22 deaths
Saskatchewan's first weekly COVID-19 update showed 5,401 new cases were detected in the province between Jan. 30 and last Saturday. Of those cases, 1,429 were in the Saskatoon region and 1,284 were in...
Feb 10, 2022
'Mackenzie Screamer' coming through Saskatchewan
There could be more slippery road conditions in Saskatchewan on Friday as a new weather system comes through the province. A low-pressure system dubbed a Mackenzie Screamer develops in the Mackenzie V...
Feb 10, 2022
Saskatoon streets become skating rinks after freezing rain
Leaving the house was an adventure for people in Saskatoon on Thursday morning after rain encased streets and sidewalks in an icy glaze. The Western Hockey League's Lethbridge Hurricanes experienced t...
Feb 10, 2022 An icy glaze covered Saskatoon streets on Feb. 10, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
'Now seems to be an appropriate time:' Sask. microbiologist weighs in on lifting of restrictions
A Saskatchewan microbiologist is saying the province's plan to lift all restrictions by the end of February isn't unreasonable, according to the data. Dr. Joseph Blondeau is the head of clinical micro...
Feb 10, 2022
Saskatoon's downtown emergency shelter making a difference
Less than two months after opening, Saskatoon's temporary emergency wellness centre is already bursting at the seams. The shelter, located at 145 First Ave. N, opened Dec. 15 with a 50-person capacity...
Feb 10, 2022 Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to media in front of a building in downtown Saskatoon that has been identified as a possible place for a temporary wellness centre for up to 50 people without homes this winter. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police find meth, cannabis during drug bust
Three people were arrested after police found nearly two kilograms of crystal meth in a Saskatoon house Tuesday night. In a media release Wednesday, the Saskatoon Police Service said a 31-year-old man...
Feb 09, 2022
Vaccine passports won't be required in Sask., so where does that leave businesses?
The Saskatchewan government's decision to no longer ask for proof of vaccination at various venues and businesses in the province will transfer pressures onto businesses, criminal lawyer Brian Pfeffer...
Feb 09, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Teacher charged with sexual exploitation of student at Hepburn School
A 34-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges after the RCMP got a report of sexual offences against a teenaged student at Hepburn School. Ryan Hutchinson was a teacher at the school at the time of th...
Feb 09, 2022
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